Introduction to Social Network Analysis

SNA Week 1

Matt Pietryka

Social network analysis is based on an assumption of the importance of relationships among interacting units

Wasserman & Faust, p. 4

1736: Euler solves the seven bridges of Konigsberg problem

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1930s: Hudson School Girls

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e.g., “talked with”, “traded with”, “shared members with”, “shared features of”, “used in proximity to”

Many levels of analysis

SNA SOFTWARE

SNA in R